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Dead Code Checker
is a tool for finding dead code in your JavaScript or TypeScript project. It helps to ensure a cleaner and more maintainable code base.
Variable Detection:
Detects declared variables and verifies their usage.Function Detection:
Identifies declared functions and checks if they are used across your project.Support any framework:
React, Angular, Vue, and more.Detailed Report:
Provides a detailed report of unused functions and variables, including the file and line number where they are declared.You can install Dead Code Checker using npx:
npx dead-code-checker
To use Dead Code Checker, simply run the following command in your project directory:
npx dead-code-checker -f ./src
Option | Args | Description |
---|---|---|
-h, --help | null | Show all options. |
-v, --version | null | Display Application Version: Displays the current version of the application. |
-f, --folder | ./src | Folder to be scanned: Folder to be scanned (Default: ./src) |
The tool will recursively scan through your project's source files and generate a report of unused functions and variables.
📁 File | 🔢 Line | 🔍 Name |
---|---|---|
/path/to/your/project/src/oneFile.js | 17 | myFunction |
/path/to/your/project/src/twoFile.js | 4 | myVariable |
If no unused functions or variables are found, you'll see a message like this:
✅ No dead code found!
Contributions are welcome!
If you find a bug or have a feature request, please open an issue on GitHub. Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests.
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2024 Denisoed
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
FAQs
Dead Code Checker is a tool for finding dead code in your JavaScript or TypeScript project. It helps to ensure a cleaner and more maintainable code base.
The npm package dead-code-checker receives a total of 143 weekly downloads. As such, dead-code-checker popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that dead-code-checker demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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